Chapter 457
Chapter 457
Chapter 457 Ueno Surprise Attack ([-]) Hojo Reaction
At the same time, in Odawara Castle in Sagami, Kanto, the previous Patriarch Hojo Shizheng who had just rested was woken up by his surname, and heard a very frightening news from his mouth:
"My lord, Ueno has come to report that Toyotomi's army has entered from Ueno Ubingdong, and the number of them exceeds ten thousand."
"What! How is this possible? Isn't Toyotomi's army gathering in Suruga?" Hearing the news, the Hojo Clan stood up and asked the little surname.
Soon he seemed to think of something, and ordered to the outside of the house: "Go and call Kotaro, let his Fuma Ninja go to investigate the information on Suruga, no matter how many people die this time, give me accurate information! "
Ninjas are indeed a very important military intelligence force in Japan, but please don’t over-mythologize them because of certain film and television works, especially ninjas like Fuma Kotaro.
The background story of Fuma Kotaro has been picked up by many people, so I won't repeat it here. In short, generation after generation of Fuma leaders are all called Kotaro.
Because they are all in the same village, in the past, ability was used as the criterion for the selection of leaders.But starting from Hojo Shiyasu, the Fumas have become the inheritance between father and son.
By 1589, the ability of the current Fuma Kotaro has been significantly different from that of his predecessors, and the Fumas have grown with the growth of the Hojo clan, and have become a black society organization that infiltrates the darkness of the Hojo family.
Historically, after Tokugawa Ieyasu took over the world, the Fuma clan could still cause turmoil in Edo, which shows the depth of their influence on the Kanto.
But this time, the Toyotomi family was able to raid Ueno from Shinano, which made the Hojo clan have a little doubt about the ability of the leaders of the Fumas. "After this battle, we must clean up the Fumas."
In fact, he didn't know at all that in order to ensure the surprise attack on Ueno, Hideo not only asked Tsusue Sannojo to bring Uki's ninja troops to Suruga and Shinano, but also asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to come forward and dispatch Topo to help Cover up your tracks.
In the beginning, Takeda Shingen's ninja army was very familiar with the way the Fumas of the Hojo family handled things. Naturally, they would not let the Fumas take advantage of their fate.
Fuma Kotaro got the order of Goden Hojo Clan Masaru, and went to Suruga to investigate the situation in person.After a day and night of investigation, he finally returned to Odawara Castle after sacrificing more than ten people, and brought him several blood-stained flags.
"His Royal Highness, after I personally went to Suruga to investigate, I confirmed that the Toyotomi army in the Suruga area was pretended by the daimyos such as Mikawa and Owari area Tsutsui. The pattern drawn in black ink on white silk has a very rough texture."
Fuma Kotaro's words were not particularly complete, but the meaning he wanted to express was clearly expressed.
If it wasn't the Toyotomi Hide family who gathered in Suruga, then who is that person who appeared in Ueno?
Although he had been prepared for this outcome, the Hojo clan had always had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Suruga would gather the main force of the Toyotomi Hide family, while Ueno would be just a suspicious soldier.
But when Fuma Kotaro told him this cruel answer in person, Hojo Ujimasa was still agitated.
His voice tremblingly asked Fumo Kotaro, "Xiaotaro, do you know that you are passing false information, and you are delaying the opportunity of war!"
The Fuma Kotaro who was reprimanded did not dare to raise his head to make excuses. The Hojo clan government did not want to take care of him at all. He strode outside and said to the attendants beside him, "Blow the conch and gather the army to go out to the field."
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The perspective returns to two days ago. After the discussion between Narita's head and his cousin Narita's head, he immediately called his retainers to discuss the withdrawal of troops.
He first looked at his old Masaki Toshihide and said, "Tanba, wait until you lead 200 people as the banner leader to open the way ahead. We may have to cross Mount Haruna. If there is Sanada's fortress, take him down quickly."
Masaki Liying responded decisively: "Ha Yi"
Then he looked at Narita, and before he could say a word, Narita understood what he meant, "I will be the post-interrogator, responsible for the removal of the stronghold after the lord leaves."
Mr. Narita seemed to want to say something more, but he swallowed the words, nodded and acquiesced to such an arrangement.
As the order was issued, the Narita army immediately marched forward with torches in the dark after waiting for the guide sent by Kobata Shinsou.
The fire dragon formed by the torches in the middle of the night was very easy to distinguish, so it caught the eyes of the two surrounding forces. Due to the influence of the night, it was not clear whether it was an enemy or a friend, and neither side dared to take any action.
Inomata Kuniken in Yanasawa Castle was very puzzled. After all, this army came from west to east, so logically speaking, it should be the reinforcements of the Sanada family.
However, neither Wada Shinye nor Narita's head in the west gave any response, so he immediately sent someone to Qianlongyuan City on the west to inquire about the situation.
Narita, who was left to serve as the second question, replied calmly, "I don't know where this army is from. Because of the darkness of the night, we dare not attack."
When asked where his lord Narita was, he replied, "My lord has worked too much during the day, and now he has rested. I will be in charge of the night watch tonight. There are only a hundred soldiers in the night watch."
The envoy who came to ask the question felt that it made sense, so he didn't continue to ask, and then left.
On the second day, Inomata Kuniken in Yanagazawa Castle began to act, and sent a message to Qianryuin Castle to ask Narita's chief and Yokoya Castle defender Wada Nobuya on the other side of the Agatsuma Gorge to withdraw troops together.
But at this time, there are only 800 people from Kobata Nobumura and 150 people from Narita's long relatives in Qianlongyuan City. Even if the number of Wada Nobuyoshi in Yokogu Castle is included, the number is only about 1200. The advantages.
Therefore, although he agreed on the surface, shortly after the meeting with Hetian Xinye, the army quickly withdrew eastward.
The defenders of Rock Cabinet City woke up from their sleep just like the previous two days. Since they had lost Sannomaru, they were ready to live with the city.
But as the sky gradually brightened, the soldiers guarding Ninomaru Castle found that there seemed to be no one in Sannomaru.
Under the order of the superior samurai, the three ashigaru boldly walked down the mountain path and confirmed to the superior that there was no one in Sannomaru.
While they were still in doubt, Ashgaru, who was guarding the south side, reported that a pair of troops in the south were operating on the south bank of the Agatsuma River, and Iwakaki Castle was ready to fight.
But to their surprise, this army didn't seem to have the idea of attacking them, and almost retreated eastward under their noses.
"Did you see clearly?"
"See clearly, Marunoshi Sanbi and Mitsuba Kashiwamon are the forces of the Narita Clan and the Kobata Clan."
"Hurry up and report to the owner of the museum that the Hojo Clan has withdrawn its troops!"
The Sanada defenders, who had been besieged for too long, didn't know what happened outside, but the withdrawal of the Hojo clan was indeed true. When the hundreds of survivors trapped in the city heard the news, they roared excitedly, as if they were going to shout again. The retreating Hojo family on the other side of the river swore victory.
Xiao Banxin, who heard the sound of Yangui City behind him, was convinced, and turned his head to look a little unwillingly, but was persuaded by Narita's elder brother, "Master Youbing Weiwei, the most important thing for us now is to go back to the city, I think You should be more worried about the situation in your own city, Guofeng City, than I am."
Hearing Narita's elder relative's persuasion, Xiao Banxin sighed helplessly. His home city, Guofeng City, is not far from Ubingdong, about a day's walk away.
The envoys from the Ubing Pass came to Yangui City after walking for a whole day and night. The army rested for a while before starting to move. It took 1-6 days to return to Guofeng City from here, and I am afraid it would not be possible at all. possible.
But the Toyotomi family on the opposite side will wait for him in Dubingdong for 6-7 days, and then come out from Dubingdong after he returns to Guofeng?
He looked at Narita who was walking with him, and seemed to have made up his mind, and said to him, "Master Daisuke Daizo, can we go south along the Agatsuma River together?"
Narita looked at Shinsou Kobata beside him and smiled, he knew that Shinsou Kobata would definitely make such a choice, after all, he could save an extra day and a half from going south along the Agatsuma River.
There were about 2200 soldiers from the Narita clan, the Obata clan, and the Wada clan. When Narita Changqin walked in front of Iwakaki Castle, the pioneer Masaki Toshihide had already marched overnight, crossing mountains and ridges on the mountain road and finally arrived at Minowa Castle. back door.
Naoto Naito, who is in charge of guarding here, is the son of Masazuki Naito and the grandson of Masatoshi Hoshina, a famous minister of Takeda. His father Masato Naito is the adopted son of Masatoshi Naito.
Since he was a heavy minister of Takeda in both bloodline and family name, he was assigned by Takeda Katsuyori to be in charge of guarding Ueno in his father's time.
This gave the Naito family a bargaining chip with the Oda family when the Takeda family collapsed, and finally welcomed back his father Masatoshi and elder brother Masato Hoshina who were hunted down in Shinano at the cost of giving up Minowa Castle.
Later, during the Tensho Renwu Rebellion, Hoshina and Naito belonged to Tokugawa and Hojo, and Hoshina was allowed to restore the territory of Shinano Takato Castle.
Masatsuki Naito was transferred to Ueno Hodota Castle after he became the lord of Minowa in the Hojo Clan. Now the Hojo Clan is leading part of Ueno's army to the south to garrison Izu. Inomata Bangken in the Ueno direction is negotiating with the Hojo Clan. Afterwards, he was appointed Minowajo Dai.
For Naito Masatsuki in Minowa Castle, it is very difficult now, because the envoy in charge of sending the letter to Inomata Kunken did not enter the city to inform him of the attack from Toyotomi's house, and he himself fled from Nishi Ueno Matsuida Castle and other cities The soldiers who came out heard the news.
Although urgent mobilization has been carried out, only 1000 people have just been mobilized, barely able to hold the strength of Minowon Castle.
Minowa Castle was set up at the foot of Mount Haruna. It was a flat mountain castle. Not long after gathering some troops to defend Minowa Castle, he watched helplessly as his own city, Hodota Castle, was destroyed by a Toyotomi not far from the south. The army decided to take it with a devastating offensive.
Not long after the army captured the city, it only took a short rest before heading east again.
Naoto Naoto looked at the black smoke rising from the south, and Hodota Castle, where the whole city was turned into a raging fire, clenched his fists angrily.
Without him, it is all because his younger brother Nobumo Naito is still there, guarding Hodota Castle, a branch city of Minowa Castle.
Now that Baodutian City was burned down, it was hard for him to imagine what would happen to his younger brother. He raised his head to the sky and sighed: "This is the fate of a samurai, or tomorrow I will follow in the footsteps of Nobuji."
However, to his surprise, Toyotomi's army didn't seem to be interested in him. Even because Baodutian Castle was burned down, not even a soldier was left as a defense, but a dozen soldiers were left for surveillance.
Naoko Naito, who was guarding the head of Minowa Castle, just watched the Toyotomi army in the south heading east one after another. He didn't know where these people were going, and he even couldn't understand what the Toyotomi army was doing. the purpose of this operation.
Fortunately, after waiting for another 1 day, soon after dawn, someone reported that an army had come from the north side, claiming to be the head of Narita, the lord of Ninja Castle, with about 800 people.
Hearing that someone from the north came to help, Naoto Naoto, who seemed to have grasped the straw, hurriedly sent someone to welcome them into the city.
Because he came here on a wild road at night, this Narita army was full of exhaustion, his clothes were torn, and many people's sandals were rotten, and the soles of their feet were worn out. They supported Xiang Ji Wheel City is coming.
Seeing their appearance, Naoto Naoto even thought that the 5000 people led by Inomata Kuniken had suffered a defeat in Kitakaeno.
And Masaki Toshihide not only did not answer him about the situation in Yangui City, but instead asked him a wave of Sanlian, "Which army of the Toyotomi family came out of Ubing Ridge? How many troops do they have? Now fight to where?"
Not long after, Narita came down from Mount Haruna. Weary, he greedily drank the well water handed over by his attendants, and sat on a rock in Minowa Castle without any scruples.
Seeing that Masaki Toshihide could not answer his question, Naoto Naito simply abandoned him and came to Inarimaru to inquire about the situation in person when he heard that the Narita family had entered the city.
Who knew that Narita's head, like his retainer Masaki Hidetoshi, also sent him a wave of pressing questions, "Which army is the Toyotomi family that came out of Ubingo? How many troops do they have? Now they are fighting to where?"
Naomo Naito felt a little speechless when he was so harassed by the head and the old man, but the opposite was the lord of Musashi Shinobi Castle, not a retainer like Masaki Hidetoshi.
"I sent someone to investigate and report back. The main flag of the army is hung with the five-seven paulownia pattern, and it is undoubtedly the Toyotomi clan."
"Can you see which family's Wuqitong pattern it is?"
"People who went there said they saw it clearly, but they couldn't describe it, and the painting was not good. It's probably because there are some leaves on both sides of the Wuqitong pattern."
Mr. Narita was speechless when he heard this. This kind of spying was presumably left to the experienced samurai at home. How could he hand over such an answer sheet?
Naoko Naoto may also be absolutely embarrassed, and took the initiative to continue, "Yesterday morning, they passed no less than 5000 people from Minowa Castle, and my main city, Hodota Castle, was also captured by the opponent. Now they continue to go east. .”
Hearing the news, Narita Shibasaki Atsuhide (Shibasaki and Izumi Mori in the movie "City of Puppets") said in surprise: "What? It's only been 3 or 4 days. How could they do it so quickly? What kind of battle is this fighting when it comes to Minlun and then goes eastward like the wind?"
Contrary to his surprise, Narita's head and Masaki Toshihide, who are the head of the family, looked at each other, and lowered their heads heavily, "It can't be wrong, this is a tactic like a whirlwind.
Abandoning important cities and not attacking, sweeping the surrounding branch cities, and raiding the absolute core target, there will be no second person in the world who will play such a tactic. "
Although he was reluctant to admit it, the fact was before his eyes that the one who raided into Ueno from Ubingdo this time was the most powerful fist of the Toyotomi family—the leader of the Toyotomi family in Okayama, the Toyotomi Hide family.
(End of this chapter)
At the same time, in Odawara Castle in Sagami, Kanto, the previous Patriarch Hojo Shizheng who had just rested was woken up by his surname, and heard a very frightening news from his mouth:
"My lord, Ueno has come to report that Toyotomi's army has entered from Ueno Ubingdong, and the number of them exceeds ten thousand."
"What! How is this possible? Isn't Toyotomi's army gathering in Suruga?" Hearing the news, the Hojo Clan stood up and asked the little surname.
Soon he seemed to think of something, and ordered to the outside of the house: "Go and call Kotaro, let his Fuma Ninja go to investigate the information on Suruga, no matter how many people die this time, give me accurate information! "
Ninjas are indeed a very important military intelligence force in Japan, but please don’t over-mythologize them because of certain film and television works, especially ninjas like Fuma Kotaro.
The background story of Fuma Kotaro has been picked up by many people, so I won't repeat it here. In short, generation after generation of Fuma leaders are all called Kotaro.
Because they are all in the same village, in the past, ability was used as the criterion for the selection of leaders.But starting from Hojo Shiyasu, the Fumas have become the inheritance between father and son.
By 1589, the ability of the current Fuma Kotaro has been significantly different from that of his predecessors, and the Fumas have grown with the growth of the Hojo clan, and have become a black society organization that infiltrates the darkness of the Hojo family.
Historically, after Tokugawa Ieyasu took over the world, the Fuma clan could still cause turmoil in Edo, which shows the depth of their influence on the Kanto.
But this time, the Toyotomi family was able to raid Ueno from Shinano, which made the Hojo clan have a little doubt about the ability of the leaders of the Fumas. "After this battle, we must clean up the Fumas."
In fact, he didn't know at all that in order to ensure the surprise attack on Ueno, Hideo not only asked Tsusue Sannojo to bring Uki's ninja troops to Suruga and Shinano, but also asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to come forward and dispatch Topo to help Cover up your tracks.
In the beginning, Takeda Shingen's ninja army was very familiar with the way the Fumas of the Hojo family handled things. Naturally, they would not let the Fumas take advantage of their fate.
Fuma Kotaro got the order of Goden Hojo Clan Masaru, and went to Suruga to investigate the situation in person.After a day and night of investigation, he finally returned to Odawara Castle after sacrificing more than ten people, and brought him several blood-stained flags.
"His Royal Highness, after I personally went to Suruga to investigate, I confirmed that the Toyotomi army in the Suruga area was pretended by the daimyos such as Mikawa and Owari area Tsutsui. The pattern drawn in black ink on white silk has a very rough texture."
Fuma Kotaro's words were not particularly complete, but the meaning he wanted to express was clearly expressed.
If it wasn't the Toyotomi Hide family who gathered in Suruga, then who is that person who appeared in Ueno?
Although he had been prepared for this outcome, the Hojo clan had always had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Suruga would gather the main force of the Toyotomi Hide family, while Ueno would be just a suspicious soldier.
But when Fuma Kotaro told him this cruel answer in person, Hojo Ujimasa was still agitated.
His voice tremblingly asked Fumo Kotaro, "Xiaotaro, do you know that you are passing false information, and you are delaying the opportunity of war!"
The Fuma Kotaro who was reprimanded did not dare to raise his head to make excuses. The Hojo clan government did not want to take care of him at all. He strode outside and said to the attendants beside him, "Blow the conch and gather the army to go out to the field."
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The perspective returns to two days ago. After the discussion between Narita's head and his cousin Narita's head, he immediately called his retainers to discuss the withdrawal of troops.
He first looked at his old Masaki Toshihide and said, "Tanba, wait until you lead 200 people as the banner leader to open the way ahead. We may have to cross Mount Haruna. If there is Sanada's fortress, take him down quickly."
Masaki Liying responded decisively: "Ha Yi"
Then he looked at Narita, and before he could say a word, Narita understood what he meant, "I will be the post-interrogator, responsible for the removal of the stronghold after the lord leaves."
Mr. Narita seemed to want to say something more, but he swallowed the words, nodded and acquiesced to such an arrangement.
As the order was issued, the Narita army immediately marched forward with torches in the dark after waiting for the guide sent by Kobata Shinsou.
The fire dragon formed by the torches in the middle of the night was very easy to distinguish, so it caught the eyes of the two surrounding forces. Due to the influence of the night, it was not clear whether it was an enemy or a friend, and neither side dared to take any action.
Inomata Kuniken in Yanasawa Castle was very puzzled. After all, this army came from west to east, so logically speaking, it should be the reinforcements of the Sanada family.
However, neither Wada Shinye nor Narita's head in the west gave any response, so he immediately sent someone to Qianlongyuan City on the west to inquire about the situation.
Narita, who was left to serve as the second question, replied calmly, "I don't know where this army is from. Because of the darkness of the night, we dare not attack."
When asked where his lord Narita was, he replied, "My lord has worked too much during the day, and now he has rested. I will be in charge of the night watch tonight. There are only a hundred soldiers in the night watch."
The envoy who came to ask the question felt that it made sense, so he didn't continue to ask, and then left.
On the second day, Inomata Kuniken in Yanagazawa Castle began to act, and sent a message to Qianryuin Castle to ask Narita's chief and Yokoya Castle defender Wada Nobuya on the other side of the Agatsuma Gorge to withdraw troops together.
But at this time, there are only 800 people from Kobata Nobumura and 150 people from Narita's long relatives in Qianlongyuan City. Even if the number of Wada Nobuyoshi in Yokogu Castle is included, the number is only about 1200. The advantages.
Therefore, although he agreed on the surface, shortly after the meeting with Hetian Xinye, the army quickly withdrew eastward.
The defenders of Rock Cabinet City woke up from their sleep just like the previous two days. Since they had lost Sannomaru, they were ready to live with the city.
But as the sky gradually brightened, the soldiers guarding Ninomaru Castle found that there seemed to be no one in Sannomaru.
Under the order of the superior samurai, the three ashigaru boldly walked down the mountain path and confirmed to the superior that there was no one in Sannomaru.
While they were still in doubt, Ashgaru, who was guarding the south side, reported that a pair of troops in the south were operating on the south bank of the Agatsuma River, and Iwakaki Castle was ready to fight.
But to their surprise, this army didn't seem to have the idea of attacking them, and almost retreated eastward under their noses.
"Did you see clearly?"
"See clearly, Marunoshi Sanbi and Mitsuba Kashiwamon are the forces of the Narita Clan and the Kobata Clan."
"Hurry up and report to the owner of the museum that the Hojo Clan has withdrawn its troops!"
The Sanada defenders, who had been besieged for too long, didn't know what happened outside, but the withdrawal of the Hojo clan was indeed true. When the hundreds of survivors trapped in the city heard the news, they roared excitedly, as if they were going to shout again. The retreating Hojo family on the other side of the river swore victory.
Xiao Banxin, who heard the sound of Yangui City behind him, was convinced, and turned his head to look a little unwillingly, but was persuaded by Narita's elder brother, "Master Youbing Weiwei, the most important thing for us now is to go back to the city, I think You should be more worried about the situation in your own city, Guofeng City, than I am."
Hearing Narita's elder relative's persuasion, Xiao Banxin sighed helplessly. His home city, Guofeng City, is not far from Ubingdong, about a day's walk away.
The envoys from the Ubing Pass came to Yangui City after walking for a whole day and night. The army rested for a while before starting to move. It took 1-6 days to return to Guofeng City from here, and I am afraid it would not be possible at all. possible.
But the Toyotomi family on the opposite side will wait for him in Dubingdong for 6-7 days, and then come out from Dubingdong after he returns to Guofeng?
He looked at Narita who was walking with him, and seemed to have made up his mind, and said to him, "Master Daisuke Daizo, can we go south along the Agatsuma River together?"
Narita looked at Shinsou Kobata beside him and smiled, he knew that Shinsou Kobata would definitely make such a choice, after all, he could save an extra day and a half from going south along the Agatsuma River.
There were about 2200 soldiers from the Narita clan, the Obata clan, and the Wada clan. When Narita Changqin walked in front of Iwakaki Castle, the pioneer Masaki Toshihide had already marched overnight, crossing mountains and ridges on the mountain road and finally arrived at Minowa Castle. back door.
Naoto Naito, who is in charge of guarding here, is the son of Masazuki Naito and the grandson of Masatoshi Hoshina, a famous minister of Takeda. His father Masato Naito is the adopted son of Masatoshi Naito.
Since he was a heavy minister of Takeda in both bloodline and family name, he was assigned by Takeda Katsuyori to be in charge of guarding Ueno in his father's time.
This gave the Naito family a bargaining chip with the Oda family when the Takeda family collapsed, and finally welcomed back his father Masatoshi and elder brother Masato Hoshina who were hunted down in Shinano at the cost of giving up Minowa Castle.
Later, during the Tensho Renwu Rebellion, Hoshina and Naito belonged to Tokugawa and Hojo, and Hoshina was allowed to restore the territory of Shinano Takato Castle.
Masatsuki Naito was transferred to Ueno Hodota Castle after he became the lord of Minowa in the Hojo Clan. Now the Hojo Clan is leading part of Ueno's army to the south to garrison Izu. Inomata Bangken in the Ueno direction is negotiating with the Hojo Clan. Afterwards, he was appointed Minowajo Dai.
For Naito Masatsuki in Minowa Castle, it is very difficult now, because the envoy in charge of sending the letter to Inomata Kunken did not enter the city to inform him of the attack from Toyotomi's house, and he himself fled from Nishi Ueno Matsuida Castle and other cities The soldiers who came out heard the news.
Although urgent mobilization has been carried out, only 1000 people have just been mobilized, barely able to hold the strength of Minowon Castle.
Minowa Castle was set up at the foot of Mount Haruna. It was a flat mountain castle. Not long after gathering some troops to defend Minowa Castle, he watched helplessly as his own city, Hodota Castle, was destroyed by a Toyotomi not far from the south. The army decided to take it with a devastating offensive.
Not long after the army captured the city, it only took a short rest before heading east again.
Naoto Naoto looked at the black smoke rising from the south, and Hodota Castle, where the whole city was turned into a raging fire, clenched his fists angrily.
Without him, it is all because his younger brother Nobumo Naito is still there, guarding Hodota Castle, a branch city of Minowa Castle.
Now that Baodutian City was burned down, it was hard for him to imagine what would happen to his younger brother. He raised his head to the sky and sighed: "This is the fate of a samurai, or tomorrow I will follow in the footsteps of Nobuji."
However, to his surprise, Toyotomi's army didn't seem to be interested in him. Even because Baodutian Castle was burned down, not even a soldier was left as a defense, but a dozen soldiers were left for surveillance.
Naoko Naito, who was guarding the head of Minowa Castle, just watched the Toyotomi army in the south heading east one after another. He didn't know where these people were going, and he even couldn't understand what the Toyotomi army was doing. the purpose of this operation.
Fortunately, after waiting for another 1 day, soon after dawn, someone reported that an army had come from the north side, claiming to be the head of Narita, the lord of Ninja Castle, with about 800 people.
Hearing that someone from the north came to help, Naoto Naoto, who seemed to have grasped the straw, hurriedly sent someone to welcome them into the city.
Because he came here on a wild road at night, this Narita army was full of exhaustion, his clothes were torn, and many people's sandals were rotten, and the soles of their feet were worn out. They supported Xiang Ji Wheel City is coming.
Seeing their appearance, Naoto Naoto even thought that the 5000 people led by Inomata Kuniken had suffered a defeat in Kitakaeno.
And Masaki Toshihide not only did not answer him about the situation in Yangui City, but instead asked him a wave of Sanlian, "Which army of the Toyotomi family came out of Ubing Ridge? How many troops do they have? Now fight to where?"
Not long after, Narita came down from Mount Haruna. Weary, he greedily drank the well water handed over by his attendants, and sat on a rock in Minowa Castle without any scruples.
Seeing that Masaki Toshihide could not answer his question, Naoto Naito simply abandoned him and came to Inarimaru to inquire about the situation in person when he heard that the Narita family had entered the city.
Who knew that Narita's head, like his retainer Masaki Hidetoshi, also sent him a wave of pressing questions, "Which army is the Toyotomi family that came out of Ubingo? How many troops do they have? Now they are fighting to where?"
Naomo Naito felt a little speechless when he was so harassed by the head and the old man, but the opposite was the lord of Musashi Shinobi Castle, not a retainer like Masaki Hidetoshi.
"I sent someone to investigate and report back. The main flag of the army is hung with the five-seven paulownia pattern, and it is undoubtedly the Toyotomi clan."
"Can you see which family's Wuqitong pattern it is?"
"People who went there said they saw it clearly, but they couldn't describe it, and the painting was not good. It's probably because there are some leaves on both sides of the Wuqitong pattern."
Mr. Narita was speechless when he heard this. This kind of spying was presumably left to the experienced samurai at home. How could he hand over such an answer sheet?
Naoko Naoto may also be absolutely embarrassed, and took the initiative to continue, "Yesterday morning, they passed no less than 5000 people from Minowa Castle, and my main city, Hodota Castle, was also captured by the opponent. Now they continue to go east. .”
Hearing the news, Narita Shibasaki Atsuhide (Shibasaki and Izumi Mori in the movie "City of Puppets") said in surprise: "What? It's only been 3 or 4 days. How could they do it so quickly? What kind of battle is this fighting when it comes to Minlun and then goes eastward like the wind?"
Contrary to his surprise, Narita's head and Masaki Toshihide, who are the head of the family, looked at each other, and lowered their heads heavily, "It can't be wrong, this is a tactic like a whirlwind.
Abandoning important cities and not attacking, sweeping the surrounding branch cities, and raiding the absolute core target, there will be no second person in the world who will play such a tactic. "
Although he was reluctant to admit it, the fact was before his eyes that the one who raided into Ueno from Ubingdo this time was the most powerful fist of the Toyotomi family—the leader of the Toyotomi family in Okayama, the Toyotomi Hide family.
(End of this chapter)